impermanence

“Historically, it was just seven islands that was bridged by the British East India Company to make it a port because they lost their port in Surat. So the whole premise of the city comes from a super-capitalistic, colonialist past. And the city remains in a state of flux. Developers are grabbing areas where people have lived for years. Women move there to feel more liberated, but there’s an impermanence as well.”

It's easy to see how the song's messages of impermanence and regret have been adapted to express the loss they've experienced over the last week.

What a blessed lesson in the bliss of impermanence.

From the beginning, my life was steeped in the impermanence of renting, which mirrored the impermanence of our immigrant experience.

This shape-shifting was its own type of impermanence.